You are hurting their feelings lol

The hate about them is everywhere on all forums, and I am curious about what YOU think of them, why you hate them so much.
I never had a BAD nanny in the game..though I keep reading many people's bad comments about them, and I just cannot relate.

I have learned early ( years ago..is that precise enough?) that nannies won't use cribs without joints. AKA where the bar in front won't go down. Many custom cribs uploaded for download lack joints.
She will put baby on the floor, because she cannot see any functional crib. Not the Nannie's fault, blame the creator of the crib.
She won't interact with the baby items released at same time than AL..for some reasons.
She won't let baby starve, on the contrary, she might even get 3 bottles out the fridge for him/her. Bottles that you can fit into your sim,s inventory, for futur use.
My Toddlers always steal them, and keep for themselves. Convenient.
Diapers get changed, and baby even get played, cuddle with.

This is how it is in my game. Of course, if you tip your Nanny, talk with her, get friendly, she seems to enjoy her job even more, she might even ask to hang out!

But what I've read about them is total opposite.
She only thinks about herself, and leave the baby on the floor. She stuff her face all day, watch tv..regardless of the infants/toddler's needs.
This is so sad...
Tell me more ?

I don't hate any sims and those 'I hate threads' hurt my head. I got tired of saying "You can mod that out!". Which is why I made the 'What I love about toddlers thread'. If you have seen that.

Nannies... I prefer not to use as most are a bit useless and I play an integrated hood. That means every job that can is taken by a playable sim. So if my sim needs their child/ren looking after they have 3 options.
One: They can send them to day care. That costs $100 per day or $50 for a half day or $20 for after school care. My home day care lady will look after them like they were her own.
Two: They can ask a friend to come over and select 'Watch kids' which is a mod. The game sees them as a nanny. If they are friends the sim will always say yes. One problem is if your children go to school she/he will think their job is done and not be a 'nanny' any longer.
Three: Try and juggle your days off, with sick days and your partners.

Back when I used nannies or in other hoods where I might occasionally, they were more annoying with toddlers. They did often put a baby on the floor but then pick them up again. I have had a baby screaming for a nappy change while the nanny sat and watched TV. Toddlers they overfeed and they like to start cooking, forget it and start a fire. They will also do stupid things like put a toddler in a highchair, take them out, put them in, in a loop when really the toddler just wanted to go to bed. I've also had what I thought was a glitched nanny who just stood there while the toddler was green fuming and screaming for a bath, but they wern't glitched. The best way for those families was to quickly potty train the toddler then have a toddler blanket, the highchair if there was one in inventory and the stove turned. That way the toddler can pot themselves, send themselves to bed and the nanny will just give too many bottles. A few of the families were quite friendly with the nanny, but that didn't stop her annoying behavior.

I had one that seemed delusional about her job tasks. After a while of slacking, she peed her pants and went up to the boys' room and sleep in one of their beds in her granny panties. I woke her up and fired her right after.

I had another one years later that kept arguing and poking the father of house for no reason at all. Its not like he did it first. The parents just came back from their vacation from Three Lakes and the nanny went crazy on the father and spam poked him and he cried after every time. Biggest bully I've seen I tell ya.

The majority of the other nannies I had were fine though lol.

I always forget that this mods allows that interaction on HOME lots...without this mod, it is only available on apartment lots.
Thanks for the reminder. I do have that mod.

Though, I recall, some of the sims I've asked to watch kids, seems to never want to leave the lot. Kids going to school or not. I often had to..kick them out.

You are supposed to 'dismiss nanny' once you no longer want them to mind the kids, but if the kids go to school I get the pop up "My job here is done!" so I've never risked letting the child come back home and seeing if the game thinks there is a child minder there or not. One of these days I should test it out, but not on a family I care about

I never had much problems with nannies.
Maybe one or two who were real slackers, so they got quickly fired by the kids parents.
Which is not a complaint btw, I think that kind of little things add up to the game, there is that bit of realism which makes some of the nannies very efficient while others are the opposite.

I think my only bad experience with a nanny was one which meant to cook something and put the kitchen on fire. She burnt herself to death!
That was bad for her, of course, but also bad for the kiddies... who were taken by the social worker because they were "left alone at home"
(In moments like that I wish we were able to cancel the "at work" status. Damn, normal parents should run back home if they heard about a fire!)

Just don't save if the Social Worker comes.

I've had problems with nannies constantly taking out non-existent trash. Then the compactor would continually break so I would replace it. One time, I selected her to repair it, we all know what the results were, but she survived. Swimming, chess, tv and games or the pc were her top priorities. The first action was usually to head to the upstairs bathroom while she passed a first floor, identical bathroom. Stealing off the money tree if there was one, or yelling if I locked a room and she couldn't get to it. Constantly turning children into little weebles by overfeeding them. (Reference to 'weebles wobble but they don't fall down') Many times I've had a nanny show up just after midnight when the parents didn't leave until 8am or even afternoon, also on days off. I always tipped them too, quite often the highest when sims had plenty of money. I did have a less annoying nanny once who actually interacted with the child, but she would call all the time, even after he became an adult.

I've been playing The Sims Pets Stories lately and the nanny there is an adult, the only elders are a few townies. She didn't bother the toddler unless needed, cleaned up if there was anything and mostly played chess. She would stop playing and act as though she were looking for anything that needed doing, then go back to chess. Mostly I use mods for safety, just so nothing goes wrong for toddlers. I think they're more sensible about making choices and it would be fun to try and raise a houseful of only toddlers, I think their common sense dwindles with age, lol. I do agree that nanny problems are basically bad programming and their stats are pretty low when they show up for work. My sims homes don't have a lot of distractions for nannies either. Skill items and darts pretty much, so they aren't overwhelmed with choices that have stronger attractions than their intended job.

Stupid thing about Pet Stories. There are no human elders (but there are pet elders). So the nanny has to be an adult.

I once hired a nanny to come over. However, my game... it just...

I mean look at this.I'm legitimately scared of nannies since then.

I don't hate nannies, but then I never use them! My Sims have heard too many bad reports of what nannies can do to trust their kids to them. Childcare is always done by playable, or at least controllable Sims. One parent gives up work, or a teenage sibling looks after their little brother or sister, if necessary staying off school. I like playing teens, so my favourite solution is to take in (and possibly adopt) a townie teen. If it's a baby or a toddler then I'll use Inge's Flexi School to keep the teenager at home, and usually find some way of giving them some sort of education, either Inge's homework book or just let them gain skill by studying, playing chess or painting.

I'd love to know how you do this. From the day care lady's point of view I suppose you teleport the toddlers in each day? But what about when you're playing the house with the toddler/baby/child, what do you do at their lot to simulate them being at day care? I'd love to set up something like this in my hood, but as far as I've been able to figure out, I'd still need to use the nanny or "watch kids" from the families play session anyway, so I've never bothered.

I mostly don't use nannies. I tend to play a little "cheaty", so I certainly don't need her for feeding or taking care of babies or toddlers. If both parents are at work at the same time, I might make the family hire her for that one time. I used to hire her for a regular basis, but now I never do. I'll rather give one of the parents have a job and let the other stay home.

I simply teleport the toddler to the day care using Christianlov's teleport mirror at the same time the parents car pool is due, and bring them back when they get back home from work. So the toddler is really gone from the house while the parents are at work. With kids it's a bit tricky as you have to watch them carefully get off the bus and teleport them away as soon as the put their homework down. I don't want the SW to turn up because they were at home for a couple of minutes.
The draw back with toddlers is if they are gone all day then they are not learning anything so I try not to make it an every day thing. I use an aging mod and my toddlers have 8 days so even with a few days of daycare they still learn the basics. I think some people who play day care do one day rotations because of this.
I jot down the days they used day care and pay the lady with Christianlov's wallet controller or Monique's computer. If it's 5 hours or longer it's a full day. It can get a bit wonky when you play the day care ladies house if the child aged as they might have gone there for 3 days as a toddler and once after school but when you play the day care ladies house they are already kids and just use after school care. I just pretend she actually looked after them as toddlers even if she didn't. The mirror sends them to the house and they would be there if I loaded up the day care so she gets paid as if she took care of them. If I play the day care first and guess the days, that can change when you play the family as a promotion can change things around. So I have to play the day care as it was when I left the family. So if the child aged and they need after school care each day on the last day of rotation, that's what they will get when I load the day care. I have it written down in Word, but I also jot it down in the child's bio that day care is needed Mon-Tue-Wed, or every day after school or whatever it may be. The main trouble with playing the day care ladies house is because of the way the mirror works if they are there at 6pm with aging on they will age. So I have to be really careful to either send them home by 5.30 or if they must be there past 6 to turn their aging off when they arrive. I have a mod in so doing that is as easy as clicking the option in the child's pie menu, I just have to remember and i have forgotten to turn it back on a couple of times.

Hmmm ... never tried day care.

I use nannies constantly because I guess I just find it convenient. Also .... did the "watch kids" feature come with AL, and isn't it for apartments only? Guess i should pay attention and download the Squinge mod that applies to houses as well.

Sometimes, for richer Sims, I create a "nanny" in CAS. After all, rich Sims can be far more selective. And sometimes, the employer falls in love with the nanny. Kind of "Jane Eyre-ish", I suppose, though I've had female employers fall in love with male nannies, too.

A few of my nannies stay friends with the family long after the kids are grown. I think that's a little sweet.

The only time I find nannies NOT convenient occurs when the game burps and I get two of them. I still can't figure out why that happens. My kids aren't THAT much of a handful.

I only hire a nanny if there really is no other option. They put bottles all over the floor (though that very helpful tip about putting them in the toddler inventory is going to be very useful!) use my toilets, use my baths, half-cook lobster thermidor wasting my food supplies, sit watching tv. And my biggest pet peeve, putting them to bed when they desperately need the potty or already have a soiled nappy. It once took my nanny 5 or so hours before she decided to change a nappy. Which was after my teen came home and I had instructed him to do it instead.

If the adult comes home at 4 then I don't bother with a nanny, I've so far managed to get away with leaving the kid alone for an hour. The pop-up comes up to warn me but then the parent is home so it's all fine. So far...

Yes. It is an AL feature, only available on apartment lots.
I use WatchKidsEnabled1.1 from Insiminator . This mod makes the feature available on all lots.



Yes! My toddlers can let mama & papa sleep in...they have plenty of bottles in there, if they get hungry.
Paired with ijCribGetOutAll, from Simlogical , which enables the get out of crib by myself by ALL tots, that EA decided to give to just a few toddlers..This is awesome.
From there, they can really have a happy morning by themselves.



yep..this is what I have noticed too. One hour is considered OK for a child to be alone. More than that though..and Social worker comes.

We should make a love thread to counter all of the previous hate threads. You know, "what you love about nannies," "what you love about Don Lothario," "what you love about Angela Pleasant," "what you love about the Capps & Montys," etc.

I also don't find it particulary realistic that maids wear as professionals of the sex industry (come on! that's a maid from a porn movie or something, no way a real maid would wear that! )

I guess they did not meant to be "realistic" but "stereotypical".
Yeah, yeah, I know stereotypes are prejudices after all, but in this case it's true it helps to portray the NPC role.
(And there are plenty of replacements for outfits if you don't like -or get bored of- the existing ones )

With the title I chose, I was pretty sure I was doing just that.

I made a few mods and hacks, for my own game, and even shared one..or 2 maybe, can't remember. But I am not a real modder..because if i was, then I would create a "Ask to be my nanny" mod.
Would work a bit as..ask to watch kids, but with all the features of a nanny, such as..Just for now & track schedule.
Option would show up on any sim, teen and up..whether you know them or not, regardless of the relationship. After all, no one really knows the nanny, before you hire her, and you still do.
Even that weirdo on the sidewalk, could be hired, if you so desire.

The hired new nanny would keep his/her job, if they have any. Since they are just there when you play their employer's lot..it would work. Did you ever heard of.."I must go to work, see you soon!" ?
No. You would still pay them, as you pay for the nanny, but it could be way cheaper.

Imagine the possibilities. Of course, I would hire the grandparents, or big cousins, aunts, or uncles. You already know them, they have skills, and they have love for the baby/toddler/child they will babysit.
Yeah..would be awesome if I was a real moddah.

I have never had a toddler get out by itself though I have always wanted to see it! So I have just downloaded that mod thanks for that! I also liked the look of toddler sleeps through the night as well but I think it would be a bit too cheaty for my game.

You are welcome
The cribs I use, I made them..and if I remember correctly, (it's been years, again) I set the energy value so it takes a bit more time to fill up..so they end up sleeping for a longest time
This is not really considered cheating to me, because many maxis bed will offer less comfort or energy, mine just does exactly that.
As opposed of my twin & double beds, which I set a bigger value. Toddlers are the ones who will wake up last in my households, unless they went to be very early! of course, which happens alot I admit. lol

The nannies do tend to break stuff around the house at times, yes. They do behave stupidly around adults, yes. However, they look after babies and toddlers quite well when left in charge. They also don't steal babies - they always bring them back the following day so that the parents can get a well-deserved rest. (Your Sim has to go and collect the baby at the postal box, though). I had a Sim fired a nanny once and the twins were crying for hours. Your adult Sim can actually sleep in peace while the nanny is around. If your kid has grown up, remain in the same house and have kids, the nanny will turn up again when needed.

I don't think the nanny is that good at taking care of children, but I don't really hate her, actually, she makes me laugh a lot when she gets 3 bottles from the fridge or leave the kids dirty and hungry on the floor while she plays pool (and boy , she's good at it!). Once I had a lot in which thew crib was placed in the TV room, so whenever she watched television, the baby would wake up In my game, I made her look anything but the typical TS2 babysitter: she has a lot of makeup and tries to look young, and she hopes she will eventually marry one of her rich bosses.

EDIT: I guess I should've used Firefox's Awesome Bar instead. Here's the link to my opinion on the nanny.

Ever since I got BoilingOil's Kids and Pets Left Unattended mod, I have never let a nanny near my children ever again. I usually call a neighbor or friend over, make them selectable, and have them watch over the house. Or, if they live in an apartment, I ask the nice old man down the hall to keep an eye on the kids. If they're just children (no toddlers or babies), then I don't even bother. With that mod in, those kids can take care of themselves. If I'm feeling really lazy, I use cheats and take care of the young ones myself.



Hurt their feelings? Well they hurt my Sim children's feelings, since they are always unhappy when she's playing computer games while the smell from the diapers could've been detected five miles away.